HomeRoasters.org, a community of avid (rabid?) home coffee roasters, is running the first-ever Roaster Building Competition. There are only a few days left in the contest (deadline is July 31st, midnight, Pacific time). The winning rig will be announced on August 15th. Submitted roasters are available for viewing on the association’s Discussion Forum. The Great […]
Hi Crafters! For the next few days starting today, I’ll be in Chicago for the BlogHer Conference which runs from July 27-29. I’m very excited to be speaking on The Art of Crafts panel on Saturday, July 28 at 1:30-2:45pm with my fellow crafters, Kathy Cano Murillo of Crafty Chica, Kristin Roach of Craft Leftovers, […]
It was a foggy, cold night at AT&T Park in San Francisco as the 2nd annual SF Giants Stitch N’ Pitch welcomed over 1400 stitchers to the stadium. Barry Bonds didn’t hit a home run, but the mood at the stadium was filled with lots smiles and laughs as people came from all around the […]
On Friday, head on over to the Etsy Labs in Brooklyn for the Trashion Trunk show event! At the event you’ll learn how to: shop more than a dozen etsy shop’s designs, art, clothes, paper goods, accessories and housewares pick up some free samples (if you arrive early enough) learn more about trashion learn how […]
Mark writes – Last Sunday about 50 DIYers in Sydney got together to put amateur rocket motors onto an assortment of vehicles. Hilarity – and some lessons on aerodynamics – ensued. (Check out the pictures and the YouTube videos.) rocketcar day 9 – Link.
Last Thursday, I went on the local Bay Area TV show, The View from the Bay to help promote the Stitch N’ Pitch event at the SF Giants. It was my third time on the show and in addition to showing off our recent entries from our Stitch N’ Pitch Contest, I showed the hosts […]
Hi Crafters! For those of you attending tonight’s Stitch N’ Pitch game, please come by the CRAFT Magazine table when you pick up your tote bag and say hi to Katie Dougherty, Arwen O’Reilly, and myself. We’ll be there showing off some of the baseball crafts from our Stitch N’ Pitch Contest and giving out […]
